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Best in film in 2009: BAFTA Award nominees, long list

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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has released the long list of the nominees for this year's Orange British Film Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs. The short list will be announced on January 21. Here are the nominees: BEST FILM Avatar District 9 An Education Gran Torino The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus Moon Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire The Road A Serious Man A Single Man Star Trek Up Up in the Air DIRECTOR Avatar Bright [Read more...]

Art Directors Guild announces nominees for Excellence in Production Design

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The Art Directors Guild announced the nominees for the annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on Friday. Here are the nominees in the film and television categories: PERIOD FILMS CHANGELING Production Designer: James J. Murakami THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt DOUBT Production Designer: David Gropman FROST/NIXON Production Designer: Michael Corenblith MILK Production Designer: Bill Groom FANTASY FILMS THE DARK [Read more...]

American Film Institute unveils top 10 movies & TV programs of 2008

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American Film Institute has revealed the winners of the 2008 AFI Awards, including the annual lists of the best films and television programs of the year. Here they are: TOP 10 FILMS The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Frozen River Gran Torino Iron Man Milk Wall-E Wendy and Lucy The Wrestler TOP 10 TELEVISION PROGRAMS Breaking Bad In Treatment John Adams Life Lost Mad Men The Office Recount The Shield The Wire

Benjamin Button, Milk lead Critics’ Choice Award nominations

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The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 14th annual Critics' Choice Awards. The winners will be announced at the Critics' Choice Awards gala on Thursday, January 8, 2009 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. VH1 will again broadcast this year's ceremony Live at 9:00 PM (ET/PT). Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lead the pack with eight nominations for the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards. Milk received nominations for Best Picture, a [Read more...]